Improvement in plows



T. E, C. BRINLY.

Plow.

No. 55,999. Pmnted July 9, 1899.

lUNnTnD STATES Parfum/Erica T. E. G. BBINLY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IM PROVEM ENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 55,999, dated July 3,1866.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, T. E. C. BRINLY, of Louisville, in the county ofJefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Plow;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this speciication, in which- Figure l is a side view ofmy invention; Fig. 2, a rear view of the same; Fig. 3, a detached planor top view of the mold-board pertaining to the same.

Similar letters o t' reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in that class ofplows which have their mold-boards constructed of' steel 5 and itconsists in constructing the moldboard with a point having a hook orshoulder at its under side to t over the front end of the land-side, ashereinafter .fully shown and described, whereby a smooth unbrokensurface is obtained at the upper side of the mold-board, and noopportunity allowed for weeds and trash to catch and collect on thepoint. The construction of the plow is also much simplified.

A represents the plow-beam, and B B the handles thereof. C represents acast-iron standard and l'andside, all cast in one piece, and secured bybolts a to the under side of the rear part ot' the beam A, as shownclearly in Fig. l.

D is the mold-board, which I. construct of steel, and lap-weld orotherwise permanently secure a steel point, E, onits frontend. Thispoint E projects in front of the lower end of the mold-board, and theunder surface of said point is formed with a hook or shoulder, b, whichts over the front end of the landside, as shown at c in Fig. I.

The mold-board is bolted to ears or lugs d, cast on or with the standardat its inner side, as shown in Fig. 2.

By this arrangement it will be seen that the mold-board has an unbrokenupper surface. No share is attached except the one formed or produced bythe point E, and hence weeds and trash cannot collect on the point, asis the case when the point forms a joint at the upper surface of themold-board. I design to have the point raised above the surface of themoldboard to form a rib to strengthen the latter. The hook or shoulder bat the under side of the point, fitting over the front end of thelandside, adds greatly to the strength of the plow. A detached point, orone made separately from the mold-board, cannot, ot" course, be

attached to the latter without having a joint at the upper surface ot'the mold-board, and, besides this advantage, there exists the one ofexpense in fitting the parts together as Well as the liability of thepoint becoming loose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A plow provided with a point, E, welded, rolled, orotherwise formed or permanently secured to a steel mold-board, with ahook or shoulder, b, at its under side to tit over the front end of theland-side of the plow, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 17th day ofMarch, 1866.

T. E. C. BRINLY.

Vitnesses z W. H. JOHNSON, .JOHN WOLPERT.

